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SELECTED POSTS!

April Fools' Day – the language of jokes and tricks

Read this interesting article about April Fool's Day on Cambridge Dictionary About Words Blog.

Do read the comments after the post!

10 Enduring Quotes From Martin Luther King Jr. To Move You To Action (from Dictionary.com)

For many people, Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a day of community service. It is also an excellent opportunity to revisit the words of the man himself. We are going to look at some of Martin Luther King's most enduring quotes and break down what the key terms mean.

Take the Quiz

🎃 Halloween Celebration Invitation! 👻(By AaEoiCt)

As Halloween — a celebration that is becoming more and more popular in our country — approaches, we’re excited to share our contribution to this festive occasion and invite you to take part as well!

We’d love for you to send us your own creative addition by sharing any of the following:
🕸️ How you celebrate Halloween
🕷️ A photo of a costume you’ve worn
🕯️ A verse or phrase in the language you’re studying
🎭 Information about the origins of this celebration or how it’s adapted in different cultures

Anything related to the night of October 31st that you’d like to share will become part of our Halloween collage!

As usual, all contributions will be displayed on our school bulletin board and/or on our social media pages.

Thank you in advance 

for your participation and creativity! 💫

Feeling Hungry? Take Our Thanksgiving Food Quiz

How well do you know Thanksgiving food? If you gobble up every fact about Thanksgiving feasts that you come across, this is the quiz for you! Our quiz will let you know if you’ve digested a full stomach of Thanksgiving food knowledge or if you need to go back for seconds. (From Dictionary.com)

Key to Groundhog Day Crossword

Check your answers:

1. Pennsylvania 2. Squirrel    3. Shadow 4. Hibernating    5. Cailleach 6. Six Weeks      7. Wisdom 8. Winter Solstice

Groundhog Day

Crossword Activity: The History of the Groundhog Day Read it, even though you don't do the crossword!

Key tomorrow.

Thanksgiving

Learn about Thanksgiving with this activity. 

[KEY on p. 2]

More info here.

C1 Día de los Muertos

Learn about this Mexican celebration with this activity. [KEY on p. 2]

More info here.

Halloween Contests

This week the Week of Fear begins in our EOI 👻. We propose a couple of contests for all departments: Scary Fun Food and Fun Pumpkins, whose bases to participate are here: Food and Pumpkins. Students who enter the contests can give their teacher their creations, which will be showed on the table for that purpose at the hall. 

The calendar with cultural activities for this quarter is also available on our website. 

Indigenous Peoples' Day

Learn about this American Celebration here.

Cinco de Mayo

Cinco de Mayo

10 Important Terms To Learn For Black History Month | Dictionary.com

Understanding Black History: 10 Terms That Illuminate The Black Experience In The US

Remember February is Black History Month!

9 Powerful Words From Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Every year since 1986, the United States has observed Martin Luther King Jr. Day on the third Monday in January. The national holiday honors a man who not only was an inspirational civil rights activist during the 1960s, but also one of the greatest orators of our time. King wrote five books during his lifetime, and at one point was estimated to deliver up to 450 speeches a year. Tragically, he was assassinated in 1968.

• Find 9 Powerful words here.
• 55 of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Most Inspiring Motivational Quotes

REMEMBER this afternoon's talk at 5 pm!

Kwanzaa

Kwanzaa is a celebration held by African American people in the USA from 26th December to 1st January to honour their African background. Learn about it with this activity! And much more on Wikipedia's entry.

Key to USA INDEPENDENCE DAY Activity

 apple pie              buck      cheerleader        Disneyland          Elvis       fall          guys       Have a nice day!               ID            jazz                 KFC         liberty   mall       NBA       Oprah   prom     quarter                 rock ‘n’ roll          stars and stripes                 Thanksgiving      uptown                vacation               Wall Street          X-rated                 yellow cabs         zee

USA INDEPENDENCE DAY Activity

The Fourth of July is an important holiday in the United States. It is Independence Day, commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. Below is a quiz. The answers are words associated with the United States. 

1.- Try to complete as many as you can without looking at the word bubbles on page 2.

2.- When you finish, go to page 2, check the ones you guessed and choose the correct option from the alphabet bubbles containing the answers (mixed in with other words). 

3.- Read the clues and write down the correct words. 

4.- KEY tomorrow

Independence Day QUIZ (from OneStopEnglish)